On 23rd December, at the opening of the Bethlehem Unwrapped festival, a mock Separation Wall, long in the planning, was erected, modeled on the dimensions of the Wall that slices into and separates communities in the West Bank today. The mock Wall, on which many passers-by are taking up the invitation to draw or write… Read more »
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Stop the demolitions in Jerusalem area and announcements of more settlement expansion
Demolitions and building of new settlement units are going ahead without pause, despite some unusually strong words from USA’s John Kerry warning Israel about the unacceptability of more settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, as he endeavours to create conditions to enable resumption of Palestinian-Israeli talks (about talks!) which can get somewhere past “Go!”…. Read more »
Critical BDS Momentum of Success Builds in USA Against Veolia
“Veolia BDS Victories Abound! Join Us for a National Call to Learn More!” Thus the US-based organisation EndTheOccupation.org announces new successes in their national campaign for corporate divestment and local boycotts of the French company Veolia, which is infamous for upholding the Israeli occupation in waste management and public transport commercial interests. This should boost… Read more »
Salim Tells the Beit Arabiya Story at the International Tribunal on Evictions
ICAHD participated in the International Tribunal on Evictions. Held in Geneva on 17th – 19th October, Salim Shawamreh was selected to present his story of the six demolitions of his home, Beit Arabiya. He nearly didn’t get to Geneva in time because of visa difficulties – a recurring problem for Salim when he travels abroad…. Read more »
ACT to oppose dilution of new guidelines against EU money for Israeli activities in occupied Territories
The EU announced guidelines to take effect on 1 January 2014 that forbid any EU grants being awarded to Israeli projects in occupied Palestinian territory and prevent loans or prizes being given to Israeli entities with operations in the West Bank, Golan Heights or East Jerusalem. However Israel and the US insist that the guidelines… Read more »
UK Methodist Church vote to support the BDS Movement
Our member and former conference speaker, Stephen Leah, has alerted us about an online survey that has been launched in response to a motion passed during the July 2013 Methodist Conference. The motion requests the production of a briefing on the arguments for and against the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement. We believe that… Read more »
Palestinian envoy blasts Israel claim in West Bank as IDF manhandle aid workers and diplomats
While the news of recent Palestinian-Israel negotiators’ meetings seem long gone and almost erased by the focus on their neighbours Syria and Egypt in recent weeks,Israel has been continuing apace in illegal demolitions in the Jordan Valley and in the Negev. See ICAHD UK Facebook, with its several entries in recent days. And in other… Read more »
Greenbelt Attracts New Members
In recent years, Greenbelt Festival, a place for people to cut their teeth on Christianity with an edge, has incorporated a major emphasis on the Palestinian struggle for justice against Israel’s continued occupation of their historic land, and its punitive and illegal policies against the occupied people and the Arabs living in Israel. Linda Ramsden,… Read more »
While Beit Arabiya is rebuilt, nearby Bedouin homes within East Jerusalem are destroyed
On 19 August 2013, the Ministry of the Interior demolished all six residential structures of Tal eAdasa, a Bedouin community that numbers dozens, including many children. The community, part of the al-Kaiabneh tribe, lives within Jerusalemis municipal boundaries, close to the Palestinian town of Beit Hanina. In addition to the demolition, inspectors informed community members… Read more »
Another attack on the Jaber family by Israeli settlers
ICAHD is launching a campaign to help protect the Atta Jaber family following a series of threats and attacks that began on 6 June. Since that date either the Israeli civil administration or aggressive settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron have invaded their property in al-Baqaa on an almost weekly basis. The latest… Read more »